Monday, August 1, 2011

work in progress or a chance to sit still

I have been moving around so much this summer that being in one place for a couple days has finally given me the chance to sit down and paint again. And it didn't come easy...but I think part of the creative process is the frustration I go through in figuring out what it is I want to express. I admit it keeps me from really "sitting" sometimes knowing that I'm about to do battle with myself on some level- call me sucker but I keep coming back so I must be getting somewhere with it right? ;)

So these are rough but I wanted to expand on my "cloud" pictures as an emotional landscape grouped with imaginary self portraits.

the combination really works, i love the mood of both your landscape/selfportraits . my experience is, that going on and pushing through frustration often gives results and trying out things is the way to new images and progress. x

This combination of painting really starts telling stories and lets tell you, that I know this inner battle very well - seems to me that I'm struggling the entire year with it. I guess the best way is to stop thinking and just play around and see whats happing, one can pretend to not show it or to paint over it.

About Me

In my work I am chasing a moment of honesty- of wonder, of texture and form, light and color.
I try to create a sense of longing for that which is larger and yet remain intimate in the simplicity of my images.
I have always enjoyed the universal contained within the everyday small things in life.